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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1979

Page

2

Deaths And Funerals In Augusta Area

Multiple obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Isma Bush Ledbetter 64 of Augusta Mrs Ledbetter funeral at Poseys Chapel Langley burial West View Cemetery Survivors include five daughters two sons and one sister Pallbearers named Friends may call at the funeral home Annie Louise Haynes 64 of Aiken dies survived by three daughters three sons two sisters and one grandson Funeral arrangements by Jackson Brooks Pacolet Mills and Windsor areas list more funerals for Nettie Former Mrs John M Loving Essie B Rollison Ada Eubanks and others with services held in local churcheschapels and cemeteries.

Augusta Isma Bush Ledbetter Eve Richmond County Posey’s Funeral Home Langley J.F. Rodgers West View Cemetery Ledbetter Pauline Cadle High Point N.C Sarah Price Snellville Annie Louise Roosevelt) Haynes Newberry St N.W Aiken Bronx N.Y Corene Boyd Leesville Lillie Bell Washington New York City Jimmie Glasco Jr Pacolet Mills Nettie John M., Loving Margaret Kirby Montgomery Memorial United Methodist Church Pacolet Memorial Gardens Loving Spartanburg Ada Eubanks Jackson-Brooks Memorial Chapel George Brighthorp Mount Anna-Mount Harris Eubanks Sandy Dr N.E Aiken County Friendship Baptist Church Pauline Eubanks William Eubanks Wylie Eubanks Carrie Gordon Hawkins Greenville

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Funeral for Emma Merriweather Held at Pine Grove Baptist Church

Emma Merriweather died Friday after a brief illness at Aiken Community Hospital. Her funeral was set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Pine Grove Baptist Church with Rev. B W Williams officiating. Burial followed in Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lennon Green Lennon Hightower Lucius Hightower Bennie Griffin Louis Martin and Willie Green. Friends could call at the residence or Jackson Brooks Funeral Home.

Bath Emma Merriweather P.O. Box Aiken Community Hospital Pine Grove Baptist Church B.W. Williams Church Cemetery Lennon Green Lennon Hightower Lucius Hightower Bennie Griffin Louis Martin Willie Green Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home

Record Cold Widespread As Storms Hit Across States

The Associated Press reports continuing Arctic cold with rain and freezing drizzle slicking roads in Oklahoma and northern Texas. Deaths occur in Illinois and Georgia due to cold and fire. Schools close in Oklahoma as Gov Nigh orders non essential state workers home. Temperatures plummet nationally with readings from 37 below zero in Butte to 67 in Fort Lauderdale as snow blankets the Midwest and Great Lakes.

Associated Press Oklahoma Texas Midwest Atlantic Coast Illinois Georgia Milwaukee North South Carolina George Nigh Arkansas Louisiana Nebraska Kansas Great Lakes New York West California Pacific Northwest Dakotas Butte Mont Fort Lauderdale Fla

Derrick on U S China ties and Taiwan enduring alliance

Edgefield lawmaker says China will not take Taiwan by force and will normalize relations with the United States this year. He links Beijing’s push to counter Russia and SALT fears, cites vast population and rural toil, and notes Nixon and Ford era openness shaping current talks.

China United States Taiwan Derrick Sao Andus Aneliaoend Ma Edgefield Russia Soviet Union Vietnam Carter

Weather Update: Clouds Move In After Cold Spell

The cold loosens but clouds advance with mild Saturday highs near 58. Low tonight around 35. Mostly cloudy skies with a 10 percent precipitation chance tonight and 20 percent tomorrow. Rain chances persist Sunday through Tuesday with daytime highs from about 50 on Sunday to the 60s by Tuesday. Lows rise from the 30s on Sunday to the 40s by Tuesday.

Two Die and Four Hurt in Mobile Home Fire

In Orangeburg County two people died and four were hospitalized after a mobile home fire Thursday night. Willie Jefferson, 28, and Shine Jamison, 8, were identified as the deceased. The Jamison family members hospitalized at Trident Hospital include Sarah Mae Jamison.

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Birth Prompts Full Page Ad In Time Magazine

Marty Malone, a Miami advertising agent, ran a full page Time magazine ad criticizing Florida education after his son's birth. The regional ad portrays Florida’s schools as failing literacy tests, overcrowded classrooms, and underfunded per pupil spending, drawing strong pushback from Education Commissioner Ralph Turlington.

Tallahassee Fla Marty Malone Time Magazine Florida Marty Jan Malone Malone Juliette Miami Ralph Turlington Turlington Steve Hull Bob Graham James Cooney Time New York

Record number of pianos sold in United States

Pianos sold in the United States last year reached a new high near 259000 units, up 5 percent from 1976. Americans spent about 345.914 million dollars on pianos, a record, with the higher total aided by a 16 percent rise in the average cost of an imported piano.

United States

Textile Trade Talk Sparks Mixed Reception in China Tour

A University of South Carolina law graduate describes a cool reception to remarks on textile needs. He says the issue requires later talks but remains bold on textiles. Derrick cites new markets for American goods due to trade deals and notes visits to multiple Chinese textile facilities during a 16 day tour with the Congressional party.

Carter China Nixon Gerald Ford Derrick Great Wall University of South Carolina Law School Congressional Party

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Isma Ledbetter Annie E. Haynes Nettie F. Loving Essie Rollison Windsor Essie B. Rollison George Funeral Home Chapel Jack Tatum Spring Branch Baptist Church James Barron Homer Young John Byrum Phil Cheek Eugene Barron Oneal Cushman Kent England Leeds Castle U.S National Weather Seav NORA US Dept of Comr Rockies Mississippi Valley North Carolina New England Kyle Woodcock Millbrook Elementary School Church Constitution Service Burnettown Elementary Hoyt Murray Tommy Knox Joseph C. Thomas
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